Chapter 5Gideon had to give the girl credit. She didn’t even cry out in pain from how tightly he held her burned wrist.
“Let me guess,” he said. “I’m off the Christmas card list, too.”
Fury lit her dark eyes. There was more spirit now than had been there downstairs. She whipped her left hand around to strike him, but only managed to rake her nails down the side of his face before he caught that wrist also.
“You son of a b***h!” She struggled against his grip, quivering with indignation. “Let go of me!”
“So you can try staking me again? I don’t think so.”
Swinging his legs to sit up, Gideon yanked hard enough to pull her off-balance. Carly fell onto the edge of the bed, but then surprised him by rolling toward him instead of away. Her slight weight landed across his midsection. He grun
